Allied bombers hit Berlin and Brunswick in major raid
United States and British air forces resumed a large scale assault on Berlin and Brunswick with up to 1500 planes. The operation disrupted German broadcasts and followed Gen. Arnold’s remarks on air power potential. Northern France targets were attacked as weather allowed.
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London
Berlin
Brunswick
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Germany
U. S. Strategic Air Force
RAF
USAAF
France
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Unipe
High Command
Bic
Or Clos
Nazis May Try To Land In Britain
The Daily Mail cites German forces massed along the European coast with gliders and six engined Dorniers capable of dropping a division. British officials acknowledge a possible counter invasion while Moscow and Berlin reports discuss plans to target Portsmouth Plymouth and London docks. Weather at Dover strait is calm with tides late in the day.
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London
Britain
London Daily Mail
Lord Ironside
Imperial Defense Staff
Daily Mail
Channel
Germany
Reich
Foreign Office
DNB
Berlin
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Brito
Correspondent Killed by Minefield in Italy
London Reuters reports Cyril Bewley, 40, war correspondent for a British newspaper, was killed in Italy after stepping into a minefield while attempting to take cover.
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Italy
London
Cyril Bewley
England
Bis
Reuters
Oklahoma Governor backs Kerr for Democratic keynoter
Governor Kerr of Oklahoma, a Roosevelt fourth-term advocate, was reported by Robert E. Hanne to be the choice for temporary Democratic National Convention chairman in Chicago in July.
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Washington
Gov
S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Robert E. Hanne
Chicago
Forrestal Takes Oath as Secretary of the Navy
Washington ceremony names James Forrestal a 52 year old New York investment banker as he takes the oath for secretary of the navy. Rear Admiral Thomas Gatch administers the oath at Forrestal's office with high ranking officers and cabinet members present.
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Porrestal
Washington
James Forrestal
New York
Secretary of the Navy
Sutc
Frank Knox
Thomas Gatch
the Navy
Forrestal
Con
RAF Officers Shot by Germans After Prison Break Near Dresden
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that 47 RAF officers were shot by German guards after a mass escape from a war prison near Dresden on March 25. Seventy-six officers took part. 15 were captured alive and 14 remained at large. Some died resisting arrest or during later escape attempts. The government seeks a full German explanation via the Swiss protecting power.
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London
Anthony Eden
Dresden
Eden
House of Commons
Switzerland
Air Ministry
Parker criticizes Polka in Iowa school music
State superintendent Miss Jessie M. Parker denounces Polka and similar songs in school programs saying they carry meaningless words and should be replaced by enduring high quality music. She faults radio for shaping youthful tastes and urges using the best works.
Predict $250 air ferry service to London after the war
William A. M. Burden, assistant secretary of commerce, predicts a $250 air ferry route between New York and London within ten years after the war. He spoke during a conference of the national advisory committee for aeronautics after arriving Friday.
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London
Cleveland
New York
William A. M. Burden
Burden
National Acvisory Committee For Aeronautics
Draft Otjen for Governor Club Formed in Milwaukee
The Draft Otjen for governor club announced on Friday that nominating papers will circulate Monday for Col. Christian J. Otjen of Milwaukee to seek the Republican nomination on the August 15 primary ballot. Adamits secretary declared.
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Otjen
Milwaukee
Governor Club
Col
Christian J. Otjen
Adam
Body Of Will Rogers Returns To Claremore
The body of Will Rogers will be returned to his native state to be interred in a stone crypt at the Will Rogers memorial in Claremore. The casket was moved from Glendale California to be sent east for services not publicly announced to deter crowds after Rogers died in an Alaskan plane crash in 1935.
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Claremore
Okla
Will Rogers
Glendale
Calif
Rogers
Nazi Airmen Hit Red Rail Lines
London reports heavy Nazi bombing of railway yards and trains on the central front near Sarny Rowne and Zdolbinow as Soviet and German dispatches hint at renewed large scale battles. Germans claim a major counterattack was repelled in the lower Dnestr region while a Soviet air and mountain operations push is anticipated on the Carpathians.
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London
Locem
Poland
Berlin
Sarny
Rowne
Zdolbinow
Moscow
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Dnesar
Tiraspol
Carpathian
Doortr
Stull Seen as Key for Industrial Alcohol Supply
Rubber Director Bradley Dewey told Senate liquor investigators Friday he sees a prospect of substantial diversion of alcohol from the synthetic rubber program to whiskey within less than a year and a quarter. He noted petroleum provides more butadiene for the military gasoline demand, which he called insatiable.
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Washington
Bradley Dewey
Senate Liquor
Utility Executive Dies in Milwaukee at 58
Alfred J. Bohl, 58, secretary and treasurer of the Wisconsin Electric Power Co., died Thursday after a two week illness. His death leaves the utility with the chief financial officer’s position vacant and recalls a long career with the company.
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Milwaukee
Alfred J. Bohl
The
Wisconsin Electric Power Co
Wakde Island Falls Under Allied Control In Pacific Drive
Allied forces capture Wakde Island area in Dutch New Guinea as American 6th Army pushes along the coast for a rapid seizure of the air base. In Burma, Stilwell’s troops advance on Myitkyina after securing the airfield with Merrill’s Marauders aiding the assault. Chinese columns near Loyang encircle the city, while efforts to link the Ledo and Burma roads press ahead.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Burma
Wakde
Dutch New Guinea
Myitkyina
6Th Army
Hollandia
MacArthur
New Guinea
Palauanda
Palau Islands
Dutch East Indies
Halmahera
Davao
Philippines
Joseph W. Stilwell
Frank Merrill
Ongue
Leyang
Stilwell
Ledo
China
Loyang
Henan
Bank Robbed in New London for About $1000
A lone gunman robbed the First State Bank of New London Friday afternoon taking roughly $1000. He threatened assistant cashier H A Romberg with a revolver, described as 5'6" tall, about 130 pounds, wearing dark glasses, a dark overcoat and cap, entering when no customers were present.
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New London
Wis
First State Bank of
H. A. Romberg
Romberg
Seven Youths Die In Auto Train Collision
Mt. Carmel authorities report seven teenagers aged 15 to 19 killed in a collision between a car and a train. Sgt. Ted Blair of the state highway patrol said the youths were returning to town from a 4-H meeting when the accident occurred Thursday night.
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MT. Carmel
Lindstrom
Ted Blair
Attempt To Avoid Clothing Shortages Highlights Congress
The report notes efforts to prevent clothing shortages and ensure essential goods reach the public. It cites statements by Vinson and other officials urging supply clearance and continuous production to meet basic needs.
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M. Vinson
Congress
Chaegeben
Gore Gram
Milwaukee Man Fatally Struck by Automobile
Gustave Larson, 79, was killed yesterday after being struck by a car in Milwaukee. Police reported the incident remains under investigation with no further details released.
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Milwaukee —i
Gustave Larson
Soerabaja Raided Twice by Allied Bombers in Indies
Tokyo radio reports Allied bombers struck Soerabaja in the Netherlands East Indies on May 17 and 18 in two raids. The broadcasts claim a task unit from India with U S Pacific forces aided the attacks, using carrier based planes and Consolidated bombers. Japanese defenses allegedly damaged several attackers.
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Tokyo Radio
Soerabaja
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
India
U. S. Pacific
U. S
Indian Ocean
Tokyo
Pacific
Sir James Somerville
Ceylon
Sabang
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Java
Wind Blows Down Lines As Storm Pounds La Crosse Area
Gusts up to 60 mph topple trees and damage telephone and electric lines across La Crosse and surrounding towns. Rain totals varied from 0.7 to 1.28 inches in nearby locales as the Mississippi River receded, with power outages lasting from 6:45 am to 3:30 am in southern La Crosse and nearby communities.
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la Crosse
Mississippi Valley
Dresbach
Minn
Root River
Hokah
Brice Prairie Government
Minneapolis
Dubuque, Ja
A. D. Sanial
West Avenue
Abbey Reconstruction Feasible Says Army Officer
Maj Norman Newton of the 8th Army AMG in Cambridge Massachusetts reported after inspecting Monte Cassino Abbey ruins that rebuilding the entire abbey is possible despite it being mostly rubble.
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8Th Army
Cassino
Norman Newton
Cambridge
Mass
AMG
Fine Arts
Monte Cassino Abbey
Marines Killed in Navy Plane Crash at Cherry Point
Thirteen Marines died when a new petrol plane crashed near the U S Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point North Carolina early Friday. None survived and the names of the dead were withheld temporarily.
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Norfolk
U. S. Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
N. C
Evacuation Ordered for Genoa and North Italian Coasts
Fascist authorities order evacuation of Genoa harbor areas and other northern Italian coastal towns by midnight Saturday amid fears of an amphibious attack. Dispatch from Chiasso to Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports the directive.
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Bern
Switzerland
Genoa
Chiasso
Neue Zurcher Zeitung
Free Speech Central to Defense in Nazi Conspiracy Trial
In Washington the mass sedition trial opens with defendants led by Lawrence Dennis who argues free speech is the core issue. Prosecutors describe Dennis as a Rosenberg ally guiding Nazi policy supporters amid a nationwide conspiracy to establish a Nazi government and undermine the armed forces. Dennis insists defendants share only opposition to Roosevelt and prewar policy.
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Washington
Lawrence Dennis
New York
Dennis
Alfred Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Hitler
Roosevelt
Spanish Guerrillas Resist Collaboration
A Geneva dispatch reports recently organized Spanish guerrilla resistance units in protest against collaboration with Germany. The group is described as operating in the Bern Geneva region with attacks on German supply lines and equipment.
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Bern
Switzerland
la Suime
Geneva
Germany
Gripsholm Heads Home From War Zone Voyage
The Swedish exchange liner Gripsholm sailed Friday for Algiers as the first leg of its homeward journey to the United States with civilians aboard continuing through the war.
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Gripsholm
Algiers
United States
Bombs, Dead City, and Desperate Escape at Sevastopol
Field notes describe Sevastopol's ruinous coast as bombs explode and German dead litter the shore. German prisoners recount failed evacuations, beached rafts, and General Boehme's collapse, while Red Army shells and the sea seal a grim last hour.
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Black Sea
Sevastopol
Romania
Eddy Gilmore
Chersonnes Cape
Birinzov
Hitler
Hans Mes
Singer
Rhineland
Placo
Red Army
Boehme
Sergei Birinzov
Dunkerque
Idle in strikes disrupt Pennsylvania buses and Detroit labor action
About 15,000 jobless in Pennsylvania due to a 56 driver walkout on Schuylkill Valley Lines affecting Norristown and nearby communities. Meanwhile Detroit and other areas averted a 45,000 member teamsters strike after war labor talks. In Washington, unions push for work or fight legislation and wage case reviews proceed. The fighting in Italy nears Cassino with Monticelli taken and Itri threatened as Allied forces report gains and renewed pressure along the Hitler line.
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Pennsylvania
Schuylkill Valley Lines, Inc
Norristown
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes Apl
WLB
AFL International Association of Machinists
Granite City, Ul, Steel Company
Michigan
Detroit
AFL Teamsters Union
Allies Break Hitler Line Center In Sant Oliva Advance
Allied forces including French troops and U S tanks breached the Hitler line at the center to push toward Sant Oliva four miles from Pico. German retreat described as disorderly with heavy losses. British and Polish troops advance from Cassino toward the Austrian supply route, while the German high command notes a local dent near Sant Oliva that is sealed off.
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Pico
Itri
8Th Army
Livi
Sth
Monticelli
Esperia
Sant’ Olivia
Naples
U. S
Sant’ Oliva
Ponteecorvo
Liri
Sea
Ygee — Eos
hny_Aguian
Nazis deny Hitler line reached on Italian front
A German broadcast claimed the Hitler line exists but Rome and Berlin radio sources say such a defense line has never existed on the Italian front. The Office of War Information relayed Rome’s stance denying the claim.
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Office of War Information
Rome
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Unclear Fragment Reports Air Travel to Italy
British radio reports a string of planes and travel context to Italy with scattered names and phrases, details are incomplete and unreadable in the OCR fragment.
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Fred M. Vinson
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